FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mark Kastel, 608-625-2042 Biotech and Agribusinesses Spending Heavily to Defeat State GMO Food Labeling Votes The Cornucopia Institute releases red-flagging pro/con food brands involved with Colorado and Oregon Initiatives https://www.cornucopia.org/2014/10/biotech-agribusinesses-spending-heavily-defeat-state-gmo-food-labeling-votes/ Cornucopia, WI: Citizen initiatives on the November 4 ballots in both Colorado and Oregon would mandate clear labeling of genetically engineered (GE)… Read more »
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The U.S. Government Wants You to Know that GMOs are Safe
Cornucopia’s Take: The FDA will be launching a public information campaign, hatched by Big Ag and Big Food, to convince Americans that GMOs are safe. This newly funded campaign – with your tax dollars – hopes that the government is a more convincing messenger than Monsanto and their ilk. Cornucopia supports the precautionary principle and… Read more »
Is Non-GMO Hurting Organic?
The Organic & Non-GMO Report by Ken Roseboro Source: Brady Wahl Some natural food retailers have concerns about non-GMO label but say it’s necessary for consumer choice While some natural food retailers are concerned about the impact of Non-GMO Project verified products on sales of organic foods, most believe that—without mandatory labeling of genetically modified… Read more »
Lab Rats Used in Safety Studies Eat Feeds Laced with Pesticides, Herbicides and GMOs
The Ecologist by Pat Thomas Source: Tatiana Bulyonkova A new scientific study has found that laboratory rats used in health and toxicity studies are routinely given feeds contaminated with herbicides, pesticides and GMOs, writes Pat Thomas, potentially invalidating the results of crucial safety tests on GMOs, agrochemicals, medical drugs and other substances, on which health… Read more »
Europe’s Food Fight Shifts After GM Crop Vote
Reuters by Chris Arsenault Source: Sozialfotografi ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Campaign groups and the biotech industry are digging in for a new round of conflict, following the European Union’s decision to allow member states to set their own rules on growing genetically modified organisms. Environmentalists who favor a GMO ban say the crops have… Read more »
Will European Requirements for Labeling GMO Foods Survive New Trade Negotiations?
Huffington Post By Michael Lipsky This week U.S. and European negotiators will begin secret talks that could bargain away a key element in American resistance to GMO foods. The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), also referred to as a Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA), will focus on “normalizing” regulatory practices that business interests… Read more »
Congress Wrestles With Laws on GMO Labeling
Roll Call By Georgina Gustin Credit: Illustratedjc Just a few weeks before Election Day in Washington state this year, polls showed voters were solidly behind a measure calling for labels on genetically modified food. Proponents, from state farming coalitions to D.C.-based advocacy groups, felt optimistic. But then came a surprise, although it followed what seems to… Read more »
Are the “Wires and Lights in a Box” Keeping us in the DARK?
by Gayla Prewitt You are probably familiar with the quote, “…control the food and you control the people.” I would like to take those words a step further and say, “Control the message about what we are doing to the food and you control the people even more.” With Congress set to vote soon on… Read more »
Jackson County’s GMO Ban Taking Effect: What Happens Next?
OregonLive by Jacy Marmaduke Source: Loren Kerns Family farms in the sunny Rogue Valley plan to celebrate this weekend as Jackson County’s first-in-Oregon GMO ban takes effect. Saturday is the first day people can alert county officials about violations of the ban on growing genetically altered crops. But officials won’t be patrolling or making farmers… Read more »
A Hole in the Regulation of GMOs that Kudzu Could Fit Through
Union of Concerned Scientists by Doug Gurian-Sherman A little-noticed, almost nonchalant, article in the Columbus Dispatch last week portends substantial environmental and economic mischief. The article notes that Scotts Company is going forward with plans to commercialize GMO Kentucky bluegrass. Mentioned in passing was that this grass, engineered for resistance to the herbicide glyphosate (AKA Roundup), is not… Read more »
